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… was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to … been incarcerated during the state of emergency. In the early 1990s, she became the president of the Mediation and …

… for the African Iron and Steel Workers’ Union. By the early 1950s she was an active trade unionist and shop steward …

… Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her … founder member of the Liberal Party (LP) and was active in its Western Cape formations during her university years. … regional, and constituency levels within the party and its successors. From 1981 to 1986, Menell was the deputy …

… stopped by the Griquas under Waterboer in 1823. In the early 1830s Sekonyela became the Chief of Batlokwa people and …

… Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later he went to England for …

… Timbers. Having experimented with photography since an early age he decided to make it his career and decided to …

… The ANC announces that it is postponing its national conference, set for 15 December 1990, until June …

… ‘Pik’ Botha says that South Africa will do everything in its power to move away from dis …

… The United Party leader, Sir de Villiers Graaff, tells its Free State Congress that the Party rejects the idea of …

… The SA rugby team loses its fourth consecutive test match when New Zealand beats the …

… of some 250,000 people watches the mile-long cortege on its three-mile …

… On its 80th birthday the ANC declares that an interim government …

… SA quits the UN General Assembly and its committees for the rest of the 10th session after the …

… SA quits the UN General Assembly and its committees for the rest of the 10th session after the …

… The Gemini succeeds in its search for the black box of the Helderberg in the sea …

… in Ladybrand, Ramakaba migrated to Cape Town, in the early 1920s, where he found employment as a labourer at a … at this time and Mildred was among those active in its organisation. Like other women involved in the Federation … Women’s Organisation (UWO) in Cape Town in 1981, becoming its first chairperson. She spent large periods of the 1980s …

… His parents Benjamin and Elsie were both teachers. From an early age, they inculcated in Mzala a love for books and a … would not relent. He would want to pursue the topic to its very end, much to the exasperation of others. Nxumalo was … 1991 in London deprived the ANC and SACP of one of its most brilliant talents. Perhaps the greatest loss of all …

… the Free Church of Scotland - but the harsh climate took its toll and by the end of the year 11 had died. The … Christian faith. Mandela fascinated Life was tough here too, however, and by 1903, at least another 18 of the …

… but SWAPO leaders would tell him to be wary and not get too involved in their ideology or in their focus on workers. … climate loosened enough for labour groups to push its limits. Labour activists still faced persecution, as they …

… and moderating influence on African political history in its most crucial period. He was at the same time South … Action . Though criticized by the Youth League for waiting too long to resign from the NRC, Matthews - unlike some …

… her father to teach his children as the nearest school is too far. After that she went to school at Kuils River Primary … and moral levels of a country was largely determined by its women. In 1949 she spent one year post-doctoral studies …

… school grew about 10-fold from about 60 pupils. At its peak he would work every weekday at the school and every … to keep the collection up to date. The library had grown too big for the department, so it had become a bit of a …

… of Commerce degree and attending lectures and classes in early morning and evening sessions. To finance my studies, as … which by then had voted out the old guard and brought into its leadership Drs. Dadoo and Naicker. Dr Dadoo was already a … functionaries. I hope the S.African authorities and its various organizations will at some point provide a formal …

… of the Matshikiza household were taught music from an early age. Grace had great (but unrealised) potential as a … prose style he had developed on Drum, he recounted his early years in the Eastern Cape, his musical and other … he was dispirited by the fact that he could see no early prospects of being able to return to South Africa …

… a soloist with several jazz groups, including the famous Early Mabuza’s Big Five. In 1968, Mhlongo travelled to … Portugal, Mhlongo and her husband, South African musician Early Mabusa, relocated to London in 1972. While there, …

… Transvaal. Kathrada’s political work began in 1941, at the early age of 12 when he joined the Young Communist League of … member of the Transvaal Indian Volunteer Corps and that of its successor, the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. In 1951, … still serving his sentence, the ANC bestowed on him, with its highest possible accolade, the  Isitwalandwe Award . In …

… of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the atrocities of apartheid …

… for the African Textile Workers in Port Elizabeth in the early 1950s, he later served as treasurer of the South …

… Cape. Erasmus was raised in Port Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He matriculated in …

… him to teach or publish. The University of Natal showed its support for Turner by keeping him on the academic staff. … on ‘white liberalism’ are justified, and where they are too sweeping”. He argued that there had to be a role for both … the South African Council of Trade Unions (SACTU) in the early 1960s. After Black students left NUSAS, white activists …